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Jan. 10, `1928.

E, L. SMITH SHEET FEEDING APPARATUS Filed March 17. 1926 2 vSheets-Sheet 1 IN V EN TOR.

ATTORNEYS.

A Jn( T0, 17928.

E. L. SMITH SHEET FEEDING APPARATUS Filed March 17, 1926 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 [ffl/4 /0 INVENTOR.

BY 7%: 5 @j ATTORNEYS.

Patented Jan.. l0, 1928.

nNiTen STATES PATENT ermee.

ELT/EER LOVELL SMITH, 0F SPRING-FIELD, MASSlrC'IU-SETTS, .ASSGNOR T0 PACKAGE MACHERY COMBANY, @IF SPRQNGFIELD, AElSACUSETTS, A CORPORATION OF SHEET-FEEDING APPARATUS.

Application filed March 17, 1926.

cation Wherever it desired to eed ence i5 sive sheets et paper, het in the torni at present preferred :ie particularly adapted for feeding;` eheetz ot' wrapping paper to e, wraiiping machine in e tinied relation with respect thereton llrrep'ning inaeliinee elE the nreeent day have been developed to :i higrh siete of i eiency and are minable ot operating at hi' i ,Y finned had it therefore important that the nf'raniing material be delivered thereto at :i cmfrespondini higih eneed and in an accurate linied relation in respect thereto.

i'lmeoialing to one novel leatnre et my involition, l provide in a sheet 'teedlrngf an imratne a ineane for removing' sneeeeeive eheete :troni a etaclr'and other means 'for receiving` eaid elieete and deliver-ine1 there therefrom.

.elleeordine,` to another novel feature oif the invention, the ren'ioving` means and receiving` nieane are arranged eo that they operate in an overlrijpingn timed relation whereby the sheet not released by the removing; means nntil 'fairly under the control olf the receiv 'ingv means, and is accoinpliehed by a novel combination and arrangement ot parte adapted to drive the said removingl and reeeh/ini;l ineane at a correspondino- Speed while the eheet ie nnder the influence ol both oi? said menne.

@ther novel 'teatnree will be observed 'troni the lollmving` description ot" the invention whirh illnetrateiil in the 'torni at preeent lilynelerred by nieane et' the aecoiniiiany draw ingle, in which:

l in a eide elevational vienT el an :reparar embodying; the principal tteatnree o t' in y invention g Figi. i2 'le a plan view et ltig. Il taken on line it 2;

lling. il ie an enlarged :sectional elevational vien/taken on the line 8--3 of Fig. 2;

lling. l ie a perspective View of one of the sheet removing! n'leinbere," and ,l i if; diaggraninnatie reniveental'ion Serial No. 95,435.

at an enlarged Scale, oli' the path of lnovenient ot the sheet removing n'ieinbere.

ll-eterrine` to the drawings in detail. `S'de tran'ies are represented at l that are ti tl together by crosse bare 2, which are Secured to and enpporteifl by upright supporte that may oe the :term ot rods 3.

in the embodiment of the invention shown, the apparatne includes means for simultaneously feeding` tivo separate Wrap pere or an inner liner and a Wrapper, het it will only he necessary to describey one 'olnplete feeding mechanism since the other may be an enact duplicate thereof in so far as ita structure ie Concerned. (lne may, et' eonree, he arranged to Work in connection with ay ehcet lent in eize ilroni the other,

or yone may be arrznigged to deliver a eheet prior to or eubeeqnl-Bnt to the other, .eo that the relative el? el sheets handled or relative tiinee1 for delivery noay be arranged according` to the nee l'or which it is desired to employ the apparatus.

A inagaeine M for a stack of Sheets Coin! prieee side Walle l Supported by brackets 5 adjustably eecnredv to the upper .side ot the eide "frames and liront platee 6 Secured there-- toby angle braces 'l'. By means oit the ecreive 8 Working in slots 9 of the brackets, the side platee may be moved towards or away from .one another and adjusted to accommodate var-ione widths oit Wrapper sheets. Y

The slack ot sheets; ie supported on spaced bars l0 extending' longitudinally ot the magrazine 'which ie carried by traneveree rode4 ll liXed to the eide 'Franti-ien 'llieee bare are arranged to iforn'i e grid eo that the Stack oil eheeta is enpported at ifa-rione pointe to provide open spaces therebetween Vin whim the elieet` reinovi ineens may operate on, the "nnderinoet elieet ol" the Steek, while oleane for previ-inline the removal olf more than the lonferinoL-'it eli-.eet ot the etaelt coinpriee a needle niek l2. oit nenal jlforno. earH ried in a holder lil adjnetably Secured to a, bar l4lcarried by the trainee l.

Means for removing the lowerin( et Sheet troni the Stack Will now be described. Wip ere or Sheet engaging nieinbera lV, that may be called Strippers, are provided that are iletachably eecnred to a. transverse har l5 Vce Y Veo Fer and are arranged therealong so as to work on the lowerinostl sheet o't the stack at points between Vthe grid or supporting bars 10. Each ofthe strippers preferably includes a corrugated facing member, such as`16, that may be of yieldable material, such as rubber, and adapted to trietionally engage the surface oit the bottom-most sheet ot the stack as the wipers are moved thereagainst for a and 19 having rollers 17 and 2O 'toria a rigid,

movable structure which may be termed a carriage and is'adapted to roll back and Al'orth the channel tracks, the movement o't which is accomplished by means ot the following.

` A shaft 25, rotatable in the side trames, is driven by means of gears 2G from a main shaft 27 and is also geared to a jack shaft 2S by means of elliptical gears 29, which shaft 28 carries a crank '30j that is connected to the bracket 22 of the carriage by a connecting` rod or link 31.

vThe mechanism just described will roll the carriage, and consequently the strippers, back and forth and preferably with an accelerated speed at a certain time by means of the elliptical gears tor the purpose later to be described, while at the saine time the supports or channel tracks are raised and lowered by the following means. Support-v ing and operating levers 35, pivotally inounted on studs 3G of each oit the side frames (see Fig. 3), have their upper ends Vpivotally connected to the channel tracks 18 l'or supporting and actuating the tracks, while other levers 3T, fixed to an oscillating shaft 38, also have their upper ends similarly pivoted to the said channel tracks.

Vsimultaneously raising` them up and down vare preferably so arranged and relativelv timed that the ypath of movement thereof will be substantially as illustrated atan enlarged scale in Fig, 5 and may be easily accomplished or .varied as desired by providing such lever, cam and gear arrangementsd as will combine to actuate the saine in the desired manner. However, in the torni V oi"- the invention at present preferred, the

reseeea parts are arranged so that the path ot movement will correspond to the path illustrated.

F or clearness, the path may be subdivided in the following manner: o to 71 in the direction et the arrow may represent that portion ot the cycle oit movement when the strippers are in Contact with and acting` on the lowerinost sheet et the stack, while trom 7i around to a may represent that portion when the strippers leave the sheet and return beneath the stack to again engage i t1 fr the next successive sheet lor removal thereot.

According to an important lfeature ol the invention, the .speed ol' the wipers need not be uniform throughout the c vcle ot operation; that is, the mechanism may be ar ranged and adapted so that as the stripper arrives at point a, the speed is somewhat slower than trom o to o so that the impact oli' the stripper with the sheet will not cause a slipping ot' the stripper on the sheet. Also` according to another feature, as the sheet is delivered to receiving rolls subsequent to its removal troni thestacli', and also since the sheet will be engaged and under the influence ot both the feed rolls and the Wiper at the saine time as troni the point ni/7' to Z1, the mechanism is arranged so that the stripper will travel at a lineal speed substantially corresponding to that of the teed rolls. 1With this arrangement, there will be no relative movement between the stripper and the sheet or between the rolls and the sheet while the .sheet is under the influence of both. rlhat is, the sheet may be engaged by and under the intluence oil the toed rolls as it is being rcmoved troni the stack by the stripper without disturbiiig its vtrictional engagement with either.

The 't'eed rolls referred to are indicated by il() and are fixed on shat'ts 5l and 532 rotatable in the side trames l and l. The shalt 5l is driven b v nieans ot sprockets 59) and and chain 55 from the shaft 2.7 and is geared by means o l' the `fears 5G to the shafl't 5&2 ior driving said shaft in an accurate timed relation with respect' thereto. rl`he shat't 5L) is preferably; mounted in bearings 5T that are movable in slots 5ta' ol' the trames l and springs of) actingou.the bearings tend to urge the rollsI et shal't 52 against those oli shatt 51.

Other rolls i5 t'or `tnt-tional engagement with thev rolls just described are prmJided and act in ronjuuction therewith to receive sheets therebetween that are delivered therer` to by the strippers lil. These rolls 75 are mounted in a traine. structure `which is adapted 'tor easy removal from the apparatus to render the rolls 50, just described. readih` accessible. rThe trame includes :i central supporting bar o() that may be dropped into slots (il at the upper sides of ill Lemerre g3 lille irllliloe l, :llld llorizollilllly slvililgillg strobe (i2 arranged lo overlie lille seid sl'lzll'iis ero provided Wiizll tlll'ln'lb eere'lvs 63 for prille-sing :llld lloldillg ille slizlliis in Jelle slots olf tbe 'rllllles. lleariilg;` b wickets 65, llzied io the ellzl'fi GO ildjzlcerllb ille frames l,Y Carry noli-rotatable. but vertically movable ellillts GG and ,G7 Wlliell ore preferably disposed direetll7 above and parallel lo ille shells 5l and Springs; 70, ille ielieion of lvlliell is ldjllsi'ilble bv lllefllie olf screws Tl, are ezlrried iii elle brackets G5 :ind are :lr 'llllged lo bellr oli opposite ends of Seid slla'lts zuid ielld i'o urge tlle rolls; i5 ilkqgziviilel; lille rolls 50.

The 'leed rolleI 75, rotatably carried bv inlie sllllrfi'e (i6 lllld Gl', zlre lleld 'from lollgiiiidiilzll lllol'ellleni; ixllerezlloilgl lllld zlre dieliosed so :le lo overlieilrlril collillet witll llle rolle 530 by eel screws 77. Gillidee 78v ill ille liorll'l oi illiil eti-ipe, lleve tlleir upper ellde secured to ilie Cellars; 76 and il re elrlzlped :le best Sllolvll in Fig. 3 so ne izo be :ldllpiied lio Q;llide alle elleeie between tlle `rolle 75 md :will zllld beilleeil ille engaging feces; of rolle 50.

(tller 4froides (nel, sllol'l'll) zlild ll'llilfll lllzllv be oli ordinary Ylorlll l'l'ell lii'lolvll ill ille eri', lfllilv be jrlrovided end :llrilllll'ed lo guide ille Slleelge ils lllley zlre delivered by lille rolle4 5() io oiiller rolleA 8() lined oll slllllie ill :llld S2 rotatably llll'ried ill brilelifl 62?. 'llle` lli'lelleie b3 `1re lll jllslzlbly ozlrried bv depeldillg' rode fifi; l'ilied i'o i-lle eide 'lil-allieve l. These rolle` 8U llllly or lllzly iloii be lloeeeezlry :life-ording:` lo lille 1li-le lor Wlliell ille llllpllrliizllls llllly be elllployel'l, bili' lvllell l'lesired or ileeee- Sary may be driven ill *elle followingl illil'l'liler. All sprocket 5 o'l' iille sllzlli: 5l eolllleeized by il olllliii 8G lio e sprocket 87 ol ille ellllii; ill lvllile il ellllirl tigllteiler il'l Jelle 'lfollll oli ll illrlilfired idler or lvlleel Si' rotrliflbly eilrried ou :l slfll'illgrille' lever 8S zle'led ilpolil by e eprillf.; 89 lixed io ille Poldi 3 zllld lune-lione lo ll'lllilliizlin ille ellzlill telit ill, ille desired nllllllier.

lll oper: iioll. :l Hillel( ovll lvl'llllllele lllzlv be llllllzed llpoll ille grid lzlre ol one olf i'lle lllilgljllxiilee :llld :l slm-li oli silllilzlr sllleeilsl olf ille Silllle or :l dillerolll eine l'llzlv be Ae'iillillll'ly lllilced ill lille oi'llel ol ille lllzllll'zliliillee, 'llle needle llrelce lil zlre lllljllelel! :lo lle lo illlbillige erlll olE lill@` lolviglrllloeiA elleele olillle rlizlrll'll lo izllereby plel'el'liI lille lell'loll'ill ol illorelllilll ilie li'lll'elllloeiy yelllleif.

llegilelll'lillej lllloll [be lelzlilive iilllillg ol; lille eepllrllle lalriilpil'lgl; or elleel rellloviilll; llleellimifllllzfe l'lie lol'l'el'll'lorll elleel` will be elif glzllred by ille eiiripriere lvllii-ll :ll'rive ill roiln iillei with lille elleel'y lili'l :l Houlewlllll relzlrlled Speed. All ille siirippere move lorWilrlilly, ille loll'ermoet elleel' is; rell'loved from tlle eiael arid its forward erld iS received between the upper :ind lower rollers T5 and 50, lvlliell rolls assist lille etrippe in feeding ille slieet forwardly eo tllali; ite orlv-lrd ed'fle directed dolvlllfllr-dljv by lille giri epeed eorrelfllloill llll to iglle' oi: lille peripllerlll. Speed ol. Jelle rolls so iillzlt tllere will be izo relillive Vlievelllelliv ol ille eilippers :liid :lleel` ll'llell in eelllflei'. Also illie errante@ r .illflllrell i'illei ille Slleeie lire Well rlilder ill )l ille ll'llljlellie ol? lille 1feed rolls belore beiillgr rel elleed by ille ei'rillpere. lll-ibm tbe strippers ire e iilll elleei', ille irloiloll izllereo'll le appris rlllbly llcrelel'zlled so lllill' illel7 lire Quickly lleida-lied llgaiil 'lo ialleir elle/eil ei'lg'zlgriirlgg polrilioll.

"llrolll ille 'lioregloill q, il'. ll'ill be obServ-ed lil lit l lleve provided :lll llpilzlrz'ltlie llllvirlp; l l-llleei'- reillovil'll: lllilzlnls lor delivering :l lllleel illi'o :l delivering; l'llezll e illllt ie eo al'H l'zlllgled llml, ll'lle'll ille elieel, is; being ileiel lllloll b v boilln illeil speed (lli, lellsiv dlll'illl;` (lull period) il: ille lellllleD wllereby libere ie' llo i'iildllll'lv Vlor inlle .Qlleei'y izo lllove lellllive lo eiibei ol silid lllezlile.

l-lzlllillg' deeeribed izlle illvelliiioll ill lille Vl'ol'lll llt pressent preferred. wlmi'y lf ilolv olzlilll mld desire i'o secure by liet-lere Patent is:

l. lll ll, elleei delill'ery d lviee.) 'lille eorlll'lill:lfiori ol al, ellljlporiz l'o e sleek ol elieee ll'ii'll lllezllls l'ol delivering` Slleetll tllelgeiirolll Lollillrieiilgr, leed rolle :llld ll eirippel' lor allgegiillp; il el'leel', oill ezlid Siiliel zllld deliveriiigl, ii; io sflid 'leed rolle, lllezflllll flor operzliiiigl seid rolle zlild Said eiripper el; il, eorreepol'ldirri;l eerizlirl speed di'lrim;l il porieioll oil. inlleir evi/ele ol' opefillioil Auid ildllpted ilo ojlereige seid stripper lli; e relllrded speed :le ii; ellgzlt silid slleet arid izo :leeelerzlie lille lllovelllelli: iillereolE lip io Suid eeriullill Speed ilierezl'iiier.

2. lll :l Hllee.; delivery deviee7 'ltlle eolllbilllelllle For deliverillgr .elleeil-l illel-e'lirolll erllllpl'isiilgr7 rolle: for l'erfeiviligl` :llld delivering llllooil'l, :l Hil'illller lor leldillg` lilleels ll-olll lellid lllllrli i'o :lllid lilliivery rolle. illeillls l'or olel'lliil'lgl :mid rolls: 2li` :l eollisllllll: elli-led, llleillle4 lor opeiliilllr lfllid :lllriljlllel' lli: il, vllrizlble speed llrl'ililgred lo lllove :mid :li'i'illllljr :li` :lll zlreeleliliell epeill .Lio bei` during ille lllliel Ilaria ol? ill-1 ifeedillg lliorelllelli` iis; epeed will eorreepilllffl to lliill; oli ille rolle.

3. lll il l-llleei, deliver)T lileviee7 lille l'llllbillllivioll ol n Support Al'or il llizlel olf elleeiel lviill illezllis lier delivering); Sheets' iillerejlrolll eolll prieirlg7 rolls for receiving' and delivering` sheets, :l eripper :for feeding; all elidllios elleeii :lrolli ezlid lek ilo seid rolle arranged lo engage il Slleeli during poriel of el Cycle el elle vlltioll, rile/elw lor operating ezlid rolls; el; :l ee i il epee-:l1v lllellllflI ior olleriliillg; ellid lill) stripper at a speed lessv than said certain speed as it engages said sheet which is accelerated to a speed corresponding to said certain speed as a sheet is engaged by both the rolls and stripper.

Ll. In a sheet delivery device, the combination ot a support tor a stack ot sheets with means tor deliveringl sheets thereitroin coniprising, a stripper tor removing` an endinost sheet ot said stack, rolls tor receiving said removed sheet, means tor driving,- said rolls at a certain speed, means 'tor ope-rating said stripper so that it accelerates troni a retarded sheet enfaging speed at the beginning ol' its removing movement upto correspond to that ot the certain speed ot the rolls.A

5. In a sheet delivery device, the combination with a support tor a stack of sheets of means tor removing succesive sheets theretroin comprising, rolls to receive a sheet, a stripper inovable alongi' a support in a plane parallel to the endn'iost sheet of the stack, the said support. n'iovable to bring the stripper into and out ot engagement with said endinost sheet, means to actuate the stripper, means to actuate the support adapted and arranged' so that the speed et the stripper is equal to that of the rolls while the sheet is being acted upon by both said rolls and stripper.

(i. In a sheet delivery device, the combination with a support 'for a stack ot' sheets of `means ttor retrieving successive sheets therefrom comprising, rolls to receive a sheet, a support movable` towards and away from saidr stack, a member movable along said support, a stripper carried by said member,

means to actuate the support and to actuate the said ineinber arranged so that said stripper will be moved into Contact with the endniost sheet oli said stack and transfer it to the rolls, the said actuating ineans being arranged so that the stripper is moved at a speed corresponding-to that of the rolls while the sheet is' engaged by said rolls and stripper.

7. In av sheet delivery device, the combination with a support. for a stack ot sheets of means 'lor rernovine successive sheets theretroni comprising, supports located at opposides or' said stack, a traine reeiprocable alongi said supports, strippers carried by said traine, means ttor moving; the support toards and away :troni said stack and means tor n'iovingthe traine along;` said supports adaptedand arranged whereby the stripper is inovcd into contact. with the endinost sheet oit said stack to etiect a removal thereto. v 8. In a sheet delivery device, the combination with a support for a stack ot sheets of rneans for removing successive sheets therevtroni comprising, supports` adjacent said stack, a traine reciprocable along said supports, strippers carried by said traine, ineens for moving thesupports towards and away Leccese Vmeans being arranged to move the stripper at a speed corresponding to that of the rolls while the sheet is engaged by both rolls and stripper.

9. A sheet delivery device comprising in combination`r supports tor a steel; o'l sheets, rolls carried in said supports tor receivingij a sheet therebetween, a trame for detarhably 'n ,mounting on said supports having rolls 'tor engaging with raid tirst named rolls.

10. it sheet delivery device eoniprisuu;` in

`combination. supports l'or a stach oll sheets havingr ijuideways l'or receivingl a trame, driven rolls mounted between said supports, a traine for insertion in said guideways having rotatable rolls lfor engaging with the first named rolls.

ll. A sheet. delivery device comprising' in combination, supports having `guideways, driven rolls mounted between said supports, a traine having,` portions :tor littirrein said `uideways and iucludinpr independently movable shat'ts earh earryingil rolls l'or enifjruringf with the rolls ot the supports.

l2. sheet delivery device comprising in eonibination, supports having` guidewa j shafts extending` between said supports li:.ving` rolls liXed thereon, a 'trame havingi :i reutral shaft for l'ittiinpr in said guideways, brackets lined on said shatt, sha'llsextending' between said brackets thatv are vertically movable therein and rolls rotatable on said shafts, all adapted and arranged so that as the central sha'lit ol: the trame is inserted in the guideways, the rolls oit the 'trame are in engageil'ient with the lirst. named rolls.

13. A sheet delivery device comprising in conibination, supports having;` Auideways, shafts extending` between said supports having rolls thereon, a tramo having;` portions lor littinoy in said auideways` members yieldingly carried in said Vtranu` supporting` rolls 'for yieldingjly and lrielionally engaging; the tirs( named rolls.

l-l. In a sheet delivery device. the combination of :i support t'or a stark ol' sheets with means for delivering` sheets tbere'l'roni romprising', a stripper tor engaging and removing an endniost sheet olI a stach, rolls lor receivintr` a removed sheet, means l'or opera(- ingr' said rolls, means ilor operai ine' .said striiliper so that its speed accelerates from a slow sheet engaging; s pecd to a relatively 'laster speed as a sheet propelled thereby engaged by the rolls.

In testimony whereof I have atiixed my signature. i

ELMER L. Sh/HTH.

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